1st Edition

Capitalism, Culture and Decline in Britain 1750 -1990

By W.D. Rubinstein Copyright 2002
196 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

195 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 2002.The aim of this book is to analyse and dispute a widely-held theory of Britain’s ‘economic decline’ since the mid-nineteenth century, and to offer an alternative view which has important implications for our understanding of British society and culture in the modern period.

1 THE BRITISH ECONOMY SINCE INDUSTRIALISATION AND THE ‘CULTURAL CRITIQUE’ 2 BRITISH CULTURE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 3 EDUCATION, THE ‘GENTLEMAN’, AND BRITISH ENTREPRENEURSHIP 4 ELITES AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE BRITISH ECONOMY

Biography

W.D. Rubinstein